Forester Licensure Examination 2019 Forest Governance & Social Forestry Flashcards
It is the rule of action, manifesting or clarifying specific organizational goals, objectives, values or ideals and often prescribing the obligatory or most desirable ways and means for their accomplishments.
a. Guidelines
b. Code of Conduct
c. Policy
d. Manifesto
c. Policy
In protected management zoning, it is an area with high biodiversity value which is closed to all human activity except for scientific studies.
a. Forest reservation
b. Habitat management zones
c. Strict protection zone
d. Sustained use zones
c. Strict protection zones
Narra belongs to the premium species category. Apitong also belongs to the same category.
a. False -False
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. True - True
b. True - False
Which of the following characteristics describe a buffer zone?
I. Area outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to identified PAs.
II. Area that need special development control to avoid or minimize harm to PAs.
III. Zones that do not fall within the category of protected area under the NIPAS Act.
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II
c. II and III
c. I and III
a. I, II, and III
Which of the following is NOT a principle of community-based forest management?
a. Gender parity
b. Exclusion of indigenous peoples
c. Social equity
d. Economic upliftment
b. Exclusion of indigenous peoples
It is the policy of the Sate to conserve the country’s wildlife resources and their habitat for sustainability. Republic Act No. 9147 is in pursuant to this act.
a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
a. True - True
He is the first director of the Bureau of Forestry of the Philippines.
a. Brown
b. Mc Devill
c. Fischer
d. Ahern
d. Ahern
It is a part of forestland set aside for the use of the residents of a municipality from which said residents may cut, collect and remove forest products for their personal use.
a. Ancestral land
b. Forest stewardship
c. Community forestry
d. Communal forest
d. Communal forest
Harvesting in CBFM areas of naturally grown forest resources is allowed under EO 23 but shall be covered by resource use permit. Upon approval of the RED, extraction of any forest product is allowed along gullies and river channels.
a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
b. True - False
Which one runs contrary to a social forestry management strategy?
a. Community forestry
b. Plantation forestry
c. Farming subsistence use
d. Joint venture commercial farm - forestry
d. Joint venture commercial farm - forestry`
What particular national government is responsible for the conservation and improvement of the quality of water resources?
a. Local water district
b. NWRB
c. PAGASA
d. DENR - EMB
b. NWRB
It is an approach used in social research where information is gathered from a person who has a good knowledge in his/her community and culture and is willing to talk about these as well as the relevant problems.
a. Use of questionnaires
b. Structured interview
c. Census
d. Use of key informant
d. Use of key informant
Buffer zones are relatively large areas not materially altered by human activity and extraction of resources therein is not allowed. They are located outside the boundaries of the protected areas.
a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
c. False - True
It is an office established under PD No. 1559 responsible for conducting basic policy researches in forestry and developing effective machinery for forestry policy formulation and implementation.
a. Natural Resources Management Program Office
b. Forestry Development Center
c. Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
d. Forest Management Bureau
b. Forestry Development Center
If Republic Act No. 7160 is known as the Local Government Code of 1991, what is RA 9175?
a. Clean Air Act
b. Tree for Legacy Act
c. Indigenous People Act of 1987
d. Chainsaw Act of 2002
d. Chainsaw Act of 2002
In Clean Development Mechanism, it refers to the direct human-induced conversion of non-forested land to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed source, on land that was forested but that has been converted to non-forested land.
a. Afforestation
b. Regeneration
c. Reforestation
d. Industrial plantation
c. Reforestation
It refers to the strategy adopted under Executive Order No. 263 to ensure the sustainable development of the country’s forestlands resources.
a. Community-Based Resources Management
b. Community-Based Natural Resources Management
c. Communal Tree Farm
d. Community-Based Forest Management
d. Community-Based Forest Management
If premium species are allowed to be cut, how much is the forest charges per cu. m. if it comes from Mindanao (DAO No. 2000-63)?
a. P1,000
b. P1,400
c. P1,500
d. P3,000
d. P3,000
Which statement is NOT included in the norms and guidelines enumerated in the Forester’s Code of Enthics?
a. Ensure that short-term social interest should always prevails because it gives outright results.
b. Observe proper decorum at all times
c. Respect constituted authority
d. Serve as agent of change
a. Ensure that short-term social interest should always prevails because it gives outright results.
Rangeland is part of the public domain and characterized by extreme conditions, acidic soil, poor vegetation cover, and steep slopes. In these of such part of the public domain, emphasis is more on the maximum livestock productivity rather than the environmental considerations.
a. a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
b. True - False
Which if NOT a characteristic of biological control in pest management?
a. Use natural enemies to attach the pests.
b. Use insect pheromones to confuse pests.
c. Application of bio-herbicide
d. Use crops rotation and fallow period
d. Use crops rotation and fallow period
The purpose of classification and administration of all designated protected areas under the national integrated protected areas systems (NIPAS) is/are _______.
I. To maintain essential ecological processes and life support systems.
II. To preserve genetic diversity
III. To ensure sustainable use of resources found therein; and
IV. To maintain natural conditions of the protected areas to the greatest extent possible
What is/are the best answer?
a. II and III
b. All of these
c. I only
d. III and IV
b. All of these
To effectively perform its mandate, the DENR shall be transformed into a ______.
a. Regulatory - oriented organization
b. Conservation - oriented organization
c. ENR Objective - based and service - oriented organization
d. Development - oriented organization
c. ENR Objective - based and service - oriented organization
Which of the following refer to the sustainable development?
I. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.
II. The quality of life should no decline over the long term future
III. Well being must never be allowed to decline
a. I, II, and III
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. II and III
a. I, II, and III
Article _____ section ______ of the 1987 constitution defined the mode for exploration, development and utilization of natural resources.
a. XII - 2
b. II - 10
c. XIV - 17
d. II - 16
a. XII - 2
Wind speed ______ the angle between the flames and the ground by making the flame ______.
a. Maintained - still
b. Reduces - forward
c. Increases - forward
d. Increases - backward
b. Reduces - forward
The provisions in Article 2 of the 1987 constitution are mandates, which the state has to implement. The number of the provisions under the declaration of the Principles and State Policies has increased to ______ compared to only ten (10) in 1973 and 5 principles in the 1935 Constitution respectively.
a. 15
b. 28
c. 10
d. 20
b. 28
It refers to movement of surface soil downhill at imperceptible rate.
a. Earth flow
b. Gully erosion
c. Rill erosion
d. Creep
d. Creep
This agroforestry system is characterized by a random mix of various species that create at least two layers of canopy.
a. Alley cropping
b. Taungya
c. Improved fallow
d. Multi-storey
d. Multi-storey
Which of the following activities is not a group method of extension work?
a. Demonstration
b. Community meeting
c, Field trip
d. Home visit
d. Home visit
Buffer strips are areas with a specified width usually of naturally vegetation serving as _______ of streams or bodies of water or as ________ between units of plantations.
a. Protective borders - Boundaries
b. Dam - Buffer Zones
c. Boundaries - Buffer Zone
d. Buffer Zones - A Model
a. Protective borders - Boundaries
All CBFM agreements within protected areas shall be endorsed by the PAMB. The regional director approves the CBFM agreement.
a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
a. True - True
Carbon that is removed from the atmosphere and retained in a carbon sink (such as growing tree) or in soil is called ______.
a. Carbon sink
b. Biomass
c. Sequestered carbon
d. Fossil fuel
c. Sequestered carbon
The first head of the Inspection General de Montes in the Philippines was ________.
a. Jose Viado
b. Edmundo Cortes
c. Juan Gonzales Valdez
d. Florencio Tamesis
c. Juan Gonzales Valdez
The first forestry school was established on April 19, 1910 by virtue of ______.
a. Act no. 189
b. Act no. 198
c. Act no. 1898
d. Act no. 1989
d. Act no. 1989
Which of the data comprising the PFRS 2014 edition were presented in several parts.
I. Part I and Part II forest cover, forest resources, forest activities and forest resources utilization;
II. Part III and IV summary data on foreign trade, price, information of logs, processed wood products and non timber forest products;
III. Part V and VI revenues derived from the utilization of forest resources; and other statistics relevant to forestry which include the final results fo the 2012 census of the Philippines business and industry related to forestry sector.
a. I, II, and III
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I and II
a. I, II, and III
This refers to the vegetative structure intended to serve as a catchment area for soil that erode in an agroforestry site.
a. Fire line
b. Hedgerow
c. Firebreak
d. Boundaries
b. Hedgerow
Which of the following situations allow the cutting, gathering, and disposition of naturally growing edible fruit bearing trees in private lands per DAO 94-18?
I. It has a private land timber permit
II. It is not within the log ban area
III. The application is supported by a Certificate from the director
a. I and II
b. I, II, and III
c. I and III
d. II and III
b. I, II, and III
All EXCEPT one, are classifications agroforestry based on the nature of component.
a. Horticultural
b. Agrisilvicultural
c. Silvipastoral
d. Aquasilvicultural
a. Horticultural
A certificate of ancestral domain claim is issued to an indigenous cultural community. The area coverage thereof is usually smaller than that of a certificate of ancestral land claim.
a. True - True
b. True - False
c. False - True
d. False - False
b. True - False